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Investigating intragranular deformation behavior of polycrystalline nickel-base superalloys using crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM).
Dislocation dynamics in precipitate strengthened multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs).
Magneto-structural coupling effects, defect structures, and mechanical properties of intermetallic materials.
Investigating the origins of fatigue damage in polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys by studying intragranular deformation via coupled simulations and experiments.
Irreversible slip-induced fatigue of refractory alloys using 3D slip band-fast Fourier transform modeling (SB-FFT).
Alumni
Modeling the Development and Transmission of Slip Bands in Polycrystalline Materials
Role of crystal orientation and void location on void growth in polycrystalline metals
Microstructure-based modeling of Ni-base superalloys, cyberinfrastructure for structural materials informatics, and non-destructive evaluation
Employing multi-scale computational models, encompassing first-principle calculations, atomistic simulations, phase-field dislocation dynamics, and FFT-based crystal plasticity models, in order to investigate the deformation mechanisms exhibited by pure metals, magnesium alloys, and high-entropy alloys
Crystal plasticity modeling to understand interactions between slip and deformation twinning in hexagonal close packed alloys
Dislocation Morphology and Mobility on the Slip Planes of Hexagonal Close-Packed Materials
Mapping of crystallographic geometrically necessary dislocation densities using three-dimensional microstructural data with varied processing histories
Multi-scale materials modeling in chemically and structurally complex materials such as multi-principal element alloys and metallic nanolaminates